Improving Institutional Capacity:
Strengthening Farmer Organizations in the OIC Member Countries
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Survey questions
Organizational set-up (3 of 4)
Business Fundamentals
Financial Planning and Management:
30.Does the farmer organization have
an annual budget?
Yes (=1)
No (=0)
31. Does the farmer organization have
a staff-person or management unit
specifically responsible for budget
management?
Yes (=1)
No (=0)
32. Has the staff-person or
management unit specifically
responsible for budget management
received/ is receiving finance-specific
training?
Yes (=1)
No (=0)
33. Does the farmer organization have
a clearly defined and effective
accounting system
Yes (=1)
No (=0)
34. How often does the farmer
organization prepare a financial
statement? (Select all that apply)
• Monthly statement (=1)
• Quarterly statement (=1)
• Bi-annual statement(=1)
• Annual statement(=1)
• No Statement(=0)
35. How is the farmer organization
audited? (Select all that apply)
• Internally (=1)
• Externally – government (=1)
• Externally – private auditor (=1)
• Not audited (=0)
36. When were the last two audits? Who performed them?
37. How frequent is the audit? (Select
all that apply)
• Annually (=1)
• Every 2 years(=1)
• Other (please specify)
• Not audited (=0)
Resource and Revenue Generation:
38. Does the farmer organization have
a clearly defined business plan for
generating revenue?
Yes (=1)
No (=0)